Football Pickup Thread

[Footballdude]

Gotta agree with iowadoc, them are some nice looking Bowmans. And congrats on hanging on to your boyhood card collection, especially from 1950. I too have most of mine from my childhood, but they are much later (1969/70), and didn't fare nearly as well over the years. But what great times I had, as a kid, collecting them.

Love to see more of your '50 Bowmans.

[iowadoc77]

Got these recently. Never posted pics so see how this goes
1958 Jim Brown

Nagurski. Really like this card. Scratches on case only

Hope the links work. Still learning
Thanks for the look
Eric

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Doc both are really nice. I hate jersey and bat cards but that cut of Bronko is really cool. I just picked up one of Dick Kazmaier.

[Footballdude]

That Jim Brown RC is much better centered than most of the ones I see. Very nice Nags cut too.

[GoldenAge50s]

--Thanks for the nice comments! Here are a few more of those Bowmans:

[iowadoc77]

Those cards are so impressive in SGC holders in my opinion. By far my favorite holder.

[iowadoc77]

Thought I would share a couple more....

Cut auto... Nice combination Sammy Baugh and some other guy


One more cut auto. Mr Grange


Jim Thorpe


Red Grange again


Not the best condition but I love the sport kings!
Thanks for the look

[TanksAndSpartans]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

--Thanks for the nice comments! Here are a few more of those Bowmans:

Love the 50 Bowmans. This is one of the most underrated sets to me (unfortunately overshadowed by 52 Bowman Large). Really nice aesthetically. The Ted Fritsch is one of my favorite backgrounds. I started picking these up when I first got back into the hobby, but I've sold most of them off as my goals/budget changed. Thanks for sharing - never get tired of seeing these.

And nice Grange - that one is on my wantlist. I think the 50 Tittle and 33 Grange would definitely make my all-time aesthetic list.

[th38larg]

A rough original photo of Thorpe. It's not as nice as some of the other Thorpe pieces I've seen in this thread (and I would prefer a shot from his Carlisle days), but I'm glad to have it.

This was my sole pick-up from the June RMY auction. I stayed up until about 1 AM on sniper watch. When I woke up the next morning at 7:45, I went to check on what I thought would be the final results. In actuality the auction didn't even end until 8 AM. This is madness people, we need a truce on this late night/early morning bidding!

btw, The painted photo-art on the 1950 Bowman cards is awesome. They look great in high grade.